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November 11, 2014

Humans are such desirous creatures. And so creative. Maybe
the two are related.

It’s 2 degrees and snowing, and I’ve taken two days off from
work to get some creative stuff done.Haven’t, though, really.With
these kinds of vacations, I tend to collapse for the first couple of days, just
relaxing, and so if the vacation is only a couple of days long, it’s over
before I get any real work done. I really need emotional space, generally, to
get creative work done, and I don’t generally get that in my day-to-day
life.The kids don’t stop needing to be
picked up from school and taken to basketball and play practice and, you know,
eating.

First-world problems, I know.But it remains.

There’s so much I want to do!I’ve written two children’s books, and I’m
starting to work on the illustrations.
One is a picture book called ZoLilly and the Feeling of Impending Doom, and the other is an alphabet book called A Blush, a Giggle, a Smack. It’s so much fun!I’ve always
loved art. I took every art class I could, in addition to writing classes, as I
was growing up.So there’s that.

My narrator partner P. J.Morgan and I have just come out
with an audio version of my short story collection How to Be a Man. And so
there’s promotional kinds of things to do for that.That takes a lot of creativity not to come
across as an ass.

I’m finishing up the design of the next book that’s coming
out in January. It’s historical fiction set in 1885 Iowa and Kansas City called
Earth’s Imagined Corners.All I need to
finish is the Dear Reader letter and I can send it out for reviews.

I’ve really been into the chef aspect of cooking lately, and
so I’ve been trying all kinds of things. I made cheddar and mozzarella for the
first time, and I’ve been watching a lot of Anthony Bourdain.

I have this blog, but I’ve been thinking a lot about a
couple of other blogs.One I have
created but haven’t launched. It’s called Family Confessional and it’ll be a
place where people can anonymously send in their confessions about family. I
love this idea! The idea came from Julia Fierro’s Parenting Confessional. But I
haven’t had the chance to launch it yet.

And there’s the blog that I created a while back and then
ran out of steam. It’s called Native Home of Hope and it’s about contemporary writers
of the American West. I still believe in it very strongly, but it became
prohibitive to post every day. My goals were too ambitious. But I’ve been
toying with the idea of bringing it back as a less dynamic but no less valuable
resource for contemporary writers of the west. I could do video interviews
every once in a while, and I could put up the list of contemporary writers of
the American West (that was rejected by Wikipedia).

Oh, and, you know, the YA novel I’m supposed to be
finishing. And my on-again off-again photo Project 365.And, you know, work and stuff.

But I want to do all these things!I want to be able to create nonstop! I want,
I want, I want!But that’s a good thing.
Dream big.

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Tamara Linse ~ writer, cogitator, recovering ranch girl ~ broke her collarbone at three, her leg at four, a horse at twelve, and her heart ever since. She is the author of the short story collection 'How to Be a Man' and the novel 'Deep Down Things.' She lives in Wyoming, where she writes short stories and novels. To support her writing habit, she also edits, freelances, and occasionally teaches. Contact her at tamara [at] tamaralinse.com.